Nintendo DS Game of the Month: August 2006

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The fur flies as we announce the best dual-screen, touch-screen game released this month.

By Craig Harris

As much as we'd like it, we know that everyone on the planet can't show up on IGN's Nintendo DS channel on a daily basis. So for those people that can't get here regularly, we certainly sympathize when you're suddenly assaulted on all sides by a massive flood of games during the interim between the last time you showed up here. It makes it difficult to tell just what's the cream of the crop, especially when you're trying to budget for that one or two titles every month. Nintendo DS games aren't expensive...and too many games can just take up way too much room in one's pocket.

We're here to help. At the end of every month, we'll offer our choice for the Game of the Month for the Nintendo DS system. Sure, you can certainly look through our review scores and read up on all the great games released on the system, but like many readers, maybe you're curious which one we'd choose over the other...even if one received a higher score. We've received hundreds upon hundreds of emails asking questions like, "If you only had the money for one game, which one would it be?" This is our way of answering this question.

After we've finished evaluating every game to come down the pipeline, we put our heads together and decide on a single "best of" winner that's worthy of the title "IGN Game of the Month". Pretty simple, don't you think?

Now that we have the guidelines out of the way, let's move on and congratulate this month's winner...

Why We Picked It: After the dud that was Star Fox Assault on the GameCube we were all ready to throw in the towel on Nintendo's furry-based action adventure series. But then Q-Games steps in and uses its experience in creating both Star Fox and Star Fox 64 and works in a truly faithful series that captures the fun and essense of what made the series so significant. Some issues, like touchy barrel roll control and an untweaked online experience bring things down a bit, but this was the clear cut game to get in August 2006.

So, who should get this game? Mostly, fans of the Star Fox series, as they will hopefully enjoy the possibility of playing online with many other fans of the series. With the game coming to America in less than a month, other people should perhaps try it before buying it.read the full review